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Embassy, six piece cutlery set

Embassy, six piece cutlery set
 designed (1965)

Medium
stainless steel
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
stainless steel
Measurements
(a) 23.9 × 2.1 × 1.3 cm (dinner knife)
(b) 21.0 × 1.9 × 1.1 cm (entrée knife)
(c) 21.7 × 20.4 × 2.2 cm (dinner fork)
(d) 19.7 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm (entrée fork)
(e) 20.1 × 5.3 × 2.3 cm (soup spoon)
(f) 19.2 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm (dessert spoon)
Place/s of Execution
Hathersage, Derbyshire, England
Inscription
(a) punched (vertically) c.: DM
(b) punched (vertically) c.: DM
(c) punched l.r.: DM
punched (vertically) in rear c.: DAVID MELLOR
(d) punched l.r.: DM
punched (vertically) in rear c.: DAVID MELLOR
(e) punched l.r.: DM
punched (vertically) in rear c.: DAVID MELLOR
(f) punched l.r.: DM
punched (vertically) in rear c.: DAVID MELLOR
Accession Number
2017.1173.a-f
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display

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